Acer ALTOS R910 Series Manuale utente

Altos R910 Installation

Configuration Guide

Abstract

This document provides you a quick OS installation guide on Altos R910, including Windows

2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0

(32-bit & 64-bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit & 64-bit) and SuSE Linux Enterprise

Server 10 (32-bit & 64-bit).

Version 1.2

July 2007

This paper is for informational purposes only. ACER MAKES NO WARRANTIES,

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT.

Acer, Acer Altos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acer Incorporation.

Other product or company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of

their respective owners.

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................... 1

Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R910 Installation Configuration

Guide 1

HARDWARE SPECIFICATION ............................................................... 2

BOARD LAYOUT .................................................................................. 4

System Block Diagram 4

DIMM POPULATION GUIDELINE ......................................................... 5

Memory population 5

Memory population with sparing 5

Memory population with mirroring 6

Memory population with RAID 7

OS INSTALLATION TIPS ....................................................................... 8

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SCSI

Hardware RAID) 8

Drivers Required 8

Software Required 9

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 9

Installation Tips 9

VGA Driver Installation 9

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 9

Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 10

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 10

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with onboard LSI SCSI)10

Drivers Required 11

Software Required 11

Installation Tips 11

VGA Driver Installation 11

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 11

CIM Browser Installation 12

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 12

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SAS

Hardware RAID) 12

Drivers Required 12

Software Required 12

Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID 13

Installation Tips 13

SAS Backplane Driver Installation 13

VGA Driver Installation 14

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 14

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 14

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 14

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (with Integrated SAS) 15

CONTENTS

Drivers Required 15

Software Required 15

Installation Tips 15

SAS Backplane Driver Installation 16

VGA Driver Installation 16

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 16

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 16

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 (with Integrated SCSI

Hardware RAID) 16

Drivers Required 16

Software Required 17

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 17

Installation Tips 17

VGA Driver Installation 17

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 17

Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 18

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 19

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with onboard LSI SCSI) 19

Drivers Required 19

Software Required 19

Installation Tips 19

VGA Driver Installation 20

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 20

CIM Browser Installation 20

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 20

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SAS Hardware

RAID) 21

Drivers Required 21

Software Required 21

Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID 21

Installation Tips 21

SAS Backplane Driver Installation 22

SCSI Driver Installation 23

VGA Driver Installation 23

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 23

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Utility Installation 23

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 24

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (with Integrated SAS) 24

Drivers Required 24

Software Required 24

Installation Tips 24

SAS Backplane Driver Installation 25

SCSI Driver Installation 25

VGA Driver Installation 25

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 25

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 25

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID) 25

Drivers Required 25

Software Required 26

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 26

Installation Tips 26

Chipset Driver Installation 26

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 27

VGA Driver Installation 27

SCSI Backplane Driver Installation 28

Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 28

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 28

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 29

Drivers Required 29

Software Required 29

Installation Tips 29

Chipset Driver Installation 30

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 30

VGA Driver Installation 30

SCSI Backplane Driver Installation 30

CIM Browser Installation 30

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 30

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SAS hardware RAID) 30

Drivers Required 31

Software Required 31

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 31

Installation Tips 31

Chipset Driver Installation 32

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 32

VGA Driver Installation 32

SAS Backplane Driver Installation 32

SCSI Driver Installation 33

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Utility Installation 33

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 33

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (with Integrated SAS) 33

Drivers Required 34

Software Required 34

Installation Tips 34

Chipset Driver Installation 34

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 35

VGA Driver Installation 35

SAS Backplane Driver Installation 35

SCSI Driver Installation 35

Broadcom Advanced Control Suite Utility Installation 35

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with Integrated SCSI Hardware

RAID) 35

Drivers Required 35

Software Required 36

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 36

Installation Tips 36

Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 36

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 36

Drivers Required 37

Software Required 37

Installation Tips 37

CIM Browser Installation 37

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with Integrated SAS Hardware RAID)

Drivers Required 38

Software Required 38

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 38

Installation Tips 38

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 39

CIM Browser Installation 39

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 3 (with Integrated SAS) 39

Drivers Required 39

Installation Tips 40

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SCSI

Hardware RAID) 40

Drivers Required 40

Software Required 41

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 41

Installation Tips 41

Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 41

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with onboard LSI SCSI) 41

Drivers Required 42

Software Required 42

Installation Tips 42

CIM Browser Installation 42

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SAS

Hardware RAID) 43

Drivers Required 43

Software Required 43

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 43

Installation Tips 43

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 44

CIM Browser Installation 44

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 EM64T Update 3 (with Integrated SAS) 44

Drivers Required 44

Installation Tips 45

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with Integrated SAS Hardware

RAID) 45

Drivers Required 45

Software Required 46

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 46

Installation Tips 46

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 46

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation (with Integrated SAS) 47

Drivers Required 47

Installation Tips 47

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with Integrated SAS

Hardware RAID) 47

Drivers Required 48

Software Required 48

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 48

Installation Tips 48

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 49

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 EM64T Installation (with Integrated SAS)49

Drivers Required 49

Installation Tips 49

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 (with Integrated SCSI

Hardware RAID) 50

Drivers Required 50

Software Required 50

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 50

Installation Tips 51

Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 51

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with onboard LSI

SCSI) 51

Drivers Required 51

Software Required 52

Installation Tips 52

CIM Browser Installation 52

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated

SAS Hardware RAID) 52

Drivers Required 52

Software Required 53

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 53

Installation Tips 53

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 53

CIM Browser Installation 54

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 Installation (with Integrated

SAS) 54

Drivers Required 54

Installation Tips 55

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 (with Integrated SCSI

Hardware RAID) 55

Drivers Required 55

Software Required 55

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 56

Installation Tips 56

Intel RAID Web Console Utility Installation 56

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with

onboard LSI SCSI) 56

Drivers Required 56

Software Required 57

Installation Tips 57

CIM Browser Installation 57

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with

Integrated SAS Hardware RAID) 57

Drivers Required 58

Software Required 58

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 58

Installation Tips 58

Intel RAID Web Console 2 Installation 59

CIM Browser Installation 59

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T Service Pack 3 Installation (with

Integrated SAS) 59

Drivers Required 59

Installation Tips 60

SCO OpenServer 6.0.0 Installation (with Integrated SAS hardware RAID)60

Drivers Required 60

Patch Required 61

Configuring integrated SAS hardware RAID 61

Installation Tips 61

Maintenance Pack 2 Installation 62

Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation 62

APPENDIX A: INTEGRATED SCSI HARDWARE RAID CREATION ...... 63

Configuring Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID 63

Starting Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID Configuration Utility 63

Loading Factory Default Setting 63

Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume 63

Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 63

APPENDIX B: INTEGRATED SAS HARDWARE RAID CREATION ....... 65

Configuring Integrated SAS Hardware RAID 65

Starting Integrated SAS Hardware RAID Configuration Utility 65

Loading Factory Default Setting 65

Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume 65

Assigning a Hot Spare Disk 65

1 Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide

This article describes the Altos R7100 Installation Configuration guide:

•Hardware parts give you a briefly and quick hardware information about

Altos R910

•The operating system installation tips.

Where Can I Download the Latest Altos R910 Installation

Configuration Guide

The Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide would be updated on a

monthly basis. Please download the latest release from the Support Website

http://support.acer-euro.com

INTRODUCTION

Altos R910 Installation Configuration Guide 2

Model Altos R910

Processor Up to four Intel Xeon MP processors at 2.66GHz or

above

Front Side Bus 800/667 MHz

Cache 2 x 2M L2 cache

Chipset Intel chipset

•Intel E8501 North Bridge

•Intel E8500 Chipset eXtended Memory Bridge

(XMB)

•Intel IOP332 Storage I/O Processor

•Intel 82801EB I/O Controller Hub (ICH5)

•Intel 6700 PXH 64-bit Hub

Memory •Four memory boards, four DIMM sockets per

board. Support 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB DDR2-

400 registered with ECC

•Maximum memory of 64GB

•Dual DDR2 channels per board

•PCI Express x16 connect to server board

Storage Interface •Two Ultra 320 SCSI ports

•One SATA port

•Optional Integrated Hardware RAID support

RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50

•Integrated SAS support (SAS SKU)

•Optional Integrated SAS Hardware RAID

support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 (SAS SKU)

Expansion Slots •One PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz slot

•Two PCI-X 64-bit/100MHz slots

•One x8 PCI-Express slot

•Three x8 PCI-Express slots (w/ x4 throughput)

VGA •Onboard ATI Radeon 7000 video controller w/

16MB SDRAM

SATA Controller •One SATA port

SCSI Controller LSI 1030Dual Channel Ultra 320 SCSI

RAID on Motherboard Integrated SCSI Hardware RAID (optional)

•Support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 10

SAS Controller LSI SAS 1068 8-port controller (SAS SKU)

SAS RAID Controller Integrated SAS hardware RAID (optional) (SAS

SKU)

•Support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50

LAN Controller •Onboard Broadcom BCM5704C Dual port

Gigabit Ethernet Controller

BMC Default: Acer BMC module

HARDWARE

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